The besties traveled through the book together, and the prince and general became abandoned husbands

After returning to the city, Xiao Tong mobilized troops to seal off the city and search for people.

At the same time, the troops he sent out a few days ago also came back to report the news.

Having guessed the identity of the person behind the scenes, Xiao Tong's eyes were burning with anger and he immediately planned to set off.

But before he could leave, a disheveled-looking woman and two old men were brought to him by Zhao Qi.

Before coming, Zhao Qi had already told the three of them the emperor's identity.

As soon as they entered the door and saw the majestic man sitting above them, Qin Fang and the village head and his wife immediately knelt down trembling.

"This humble woman, Qin Fang, greets His Majesty. Long live the Emperor."

"I, Tian Da, greet the emperor. Long live the emperor."

"I, Li Cuihua, greet the Emperor. Long live the Emperor."

"Where did these three people come from?"

Xiao Tong frowned and looked at Zhao Qi.

Zhao Qi immediately knelt down and explained:

"Your Majesty, today I went to the yamen to deliver a message, and these three people happened to be arguing with the officials there, saying they wanted to report to the authorities.

I stopped to listen and discovered that one of them was Qin Fang, who had saved the Empress.

As he spoke, Zhao Qi looked at Qin Fang:

"Your Majesty is here. Tell us the truth about what happened last night."

Qin Fang nodded randomly, quickly took out the two jade ornaments from her arms, raised them above her head, and kowtowed to the ground:

"Your Majesty, please allow me to report.

A few days ago, my daughter Yaya and I went out to collect prey and found Sister Jiang by the river outside Tuye Forest.

At that time, Sister Jiang was in a coma and covered in wounds, so my daughter and I took her home and asked a doctor to treat her.

While Sister Jiang was recuperating at my house, a hooligan named Sun San came to harass her late at night and mistook her for me. In order to protect herself, Sister Jiang had no choice but to kill him with scissors.

At that time, I listened to Sister Jiang and buried Sun San's body in the back mountain. His brother Sun Er couldn't find him, so he brought people to my house to cause trouble yesterday, but was stopped by Sister Jiang.

Yesterday, Sun Er came to cause trouble, but was scared away by a few words from Sister Jiang. However, he sneaked back at night and hid not far from my house, probably wanting to catch someone at night.

Who knew that besides them, there was another group of people last night.

Those people were carrying knives, wearing black clothes and covering their faces. There seemed to be seven or eight of them.

They were coming for Sister Jiang. Originally, that group of people captured Yaya and me and wanted to kill us.

But Sister Jiang protected us with her life, and the group of people let us go.

It was also at that time that I learned that Sister Jiang was not the wife of an ordinary family, but the noble Imperial Concubine of the Great Sage Dynasty.

Before leaving, Sister Jiang gave me these two jade ornaments. I thought that these two jade ornaments could represent Sister Jiang's identity. Before dawn, I went to the city with the village chief to report the news so that people could rescue her.

Qin Fang was so nervous that she didn't even notice her own name. The village chief and his wife were so scared that they wanted to say something but didn't dare to. Fortunately, no one present blamed Qin Fang for her slip of the tongue.

Xiao Tong felt extremely distressed when listening to Qin Fang's description. Dark mist rolled in his eyes. He stood up and walked to Qin Fang and took the jade ornament from her palm.

He recognized these two jade ornaments. They were the little gadgets he had tied around Niao Niao's waist when he was in Yuncheng.

After falling from such a high cliff, Niao Niao suffered so much in just ten days. Xiao Tong blamed himself so much.

If he had known about this disaster, he would never have let Niao Niao go to Beijing alone.

He should come and pick up the mother and son in person!

"Take good care of them."

After saying this coldly, Xiao Tong turned around and strode away.

There were waves in his eyes, and he couldn't wait to take the person's head.

Jiang Wumei spent two consecutive days in the carriage.

Except when they had to deal with an emergency, those people would let her out of the carriage, and locked her in the carriage at other times.

Fortunately, these people were considerate and although they locked her up, they did not treat her too harshly.

What's more, knowing that she was injured and afraid that she would die early, the food they prepared for her every day was pretty good.

Therefore, after two days, Jiang Wumei had no wounds on her body except for the places where she was locked and the skin was broken by the friction of the chains.

But after being locked up like this all day and confined in such a small space, Jiang Wumei became visibly haggard.

During this time, Jiang Wumei tried to talk to them, but this group of people were very vigilant and obviously afraid that she would guess the power behind them, so they spoke very cautiously.

Jiang Wumei tried several times, but found that there was no way to get any information out of him, so she had to think of other ways.

On the third day, Jiang Wumei obviously noticed that the forward speed had slowed down. From the ugly expressions of these people, Jiang Wumei guessed that Xiao Tong had discovered that she had been robbed and might have blocked the official road.

In this way, as long as she is not presented to the person behind the scenes, she will be temporarily safe.

Thinking of this, Jiang Wumei's heart relaxed a little, and she looked through the gap in the car curtain at the rolling mountains in the distance.

Xiao Tong's method of sealing off the city could indeed keep her safe temporarily, but if it dragged on for too long, there was no guarantee that these people would become desperate and kill her before quietly slipping away.

After all, there is another person who can restrain Xiao Tong, and she is not the only choice.

That night, the man in black and Jiang Wumei did not dare to enter the city, but only found a cave in the suburbs to stay.

Now several nearby cities can only be entered but not exited, so they dare not go in and take the risk.

They have already passed on the message and only hope that someone will pick them up as soon as possible so that they will not be caught by the emperor.

Otherwise, if they kidnapped the imperial concubine and intended to assassinate the prince, a fate worse than death would await them.

Outside the cave, the wind howled through the mountains and forests.

Inside the cave, there were many shadows of fire.

Jiang Wumei's limbs were shackled, and the heavy chains were tied to the huge rock behind her by these people. She could only lean against the stone wall and close her eyes to take a nap.

Several men in black were sitting at the entrance of the cave eating dry food. The leading man in black stood at the entrance, looking at the endless darkness in the forest and tightening the long knife in his hand.

"We'll take turns keeping watch tonight, so keep your spirits up."

After saying this, the man in black walked into the cave with a knife in hand. He glanced at the untouched dry food in front of Jiang Wumei and suddenly spoke:

"This place is remote and hard to find, so your Majesty should just eat and continue on your journey tomorrow.

We are not the Great Sage Emperor, and we will not care about your precious body. If you do not cooperate, you will be the only one who suffers."

As soon as this person opened his mouth, everyone in the cave looked at Jiang Wumei with complicated expressions.

Jiang Wumei slowly opened her eyes, with a hint of blush at the corners of her eyes.

She has had a fever for the past two days and has been enduring physical discomfort all the time.

The words of the man in front of her made her eyes turn cold, and the words she spoke were also extremely cold:

"If you guys are worried about me, you might as well worry about yourself.

Regardless of who's behind you, kidnapping the imperial concubine is a heinous crime punishable by genocide. I wonder if your master is capable of protecting you once the truth is revealed?"

"you……"

The leader's most sensitive pain point was touched by Jiang Wumei, and his face changed and he wanted to get angry.

"who!"

But before he could finish his words, the man in black guarding the cave entrance suddenly roared.

The leader immediately ran to the cave entrance, but before he could stand still, hundreds of long arrows flew down from the sky with the sound of breaking through the air.

A rain of arrows suddenly came from the mountains and forests. Two people standing at the entrance of the cave had no time to raise their swords before two sharp arrows pierced their throats in an instant.

"Quick! Hide in the cave! Take her hostage!"

The leader roared, and the rest of the people hid in the cave together.

Two of them rushed straight to Jiang Wumei's position, cut the long chain behind her with a knife, grabbed her shoulders and pushed her in front of them.